Esker Lakes Provincial Park is a quaint campground and natural area in Northern Ontario. Here's what you need to know about camping there!
You know, for a trip that was completely rebooked to avoid potential catastrophe, we sure have been plagued with problems on this trip!
So far we’ve lost the mufflers on both the RV AND the tow car, had an issue with the tire bearings overheating, the C02 alarm going off when we stopped for lunch, and more.
I shouldn’t have been surprised when some rattling about 20 minutes before we reached Esker Lakes ended up with the discovery that we’d broken off 4 of the wheel studs on one of our tires!
So, we started our stay at Esker Lakes park with an emergency trip into the town of Kirkland Lake... for yet another Canadian Tire run!
Once that was deal with, we were able to settle in at our site and get ready to explore this new-to-us park.
I had to Google to learn more about eskers - they’re ancient riverbeds, described as “serpentine ridges of sand”. It’s basically a hilly landscape that was formed from the sediment that dropped out of the melting glaciers, as they passed through.
The Munro Esker is actually the longest esker in Ontario - it’s also a few kilometres wide, and apparently covers the entire park!
The esker isn’t the only park feature that resulted from the end of the last ice age - the parks numerous lakes are also remnants of glacial retreat.
The dozens of kettle lakes that dot the park land were also left behind about 10,000 years ago, via the same process we described in our Kettle Lakes Provincial Park review.
Anyway, we spent a bunch of time exploring the trails and the park in general, so let us tell you all about it!
The Basics:
Campground Name: Esker Lakes Provincial Park
Address: Highway 672 Kirkland Lake, ON P2N 3K4
Website: https://www.ontarioparks.ca/park/eskerlakes
Price Ontario Provincial Parks uses a pricing matrix across all their parks. See 2025 Camping Fees for more details.
Reservations: Ontario Parks Reservations
Park Classification: Natural Environment Park
Season: May 16, 2025 to September 14, 2025
Logistics
Some basic information to help you plan your stay at Esker Lakes Provincial Park:
Registration and Check In
We booked our summer trip to Esker Lakes Provincial Park about 2.5 weeks in advance, and still managed to find a campsite! Just one of the benefits to camping in the northern region!
Booking via the Ontario Parks reservations portal went smoothly, as always, and I preregistered at that time.
The morning of our arrival, I received the Ontario Parks check-in email, so I did that from our campsite at Rene Brunelle Provincial Park. The check-in message told us we could proceed directly to our site.
We did end up going into the gatehouse anyway, as we wanted to get maps and a park sticker. Service was quick and easy as usual - and yes, the park is actually on the paperless permits system.
Maps and Signage
Some information to help you find your way around Esker Lakes Provincial Park:
Park Map
The park map was a full colour, glossy 11 x 17" handout, with the map being half of one side of that sheet. The rest of the handout was dedicated to information about dogs in the park, bear safety, park offenses, trail and rental information, etc.
You can download a copy of the Esker Lakes Provincial Park Campground Map on the park’s website.
Anyway - at first glance - I liked the map. It was clear, high quality print, seemed straightforward and easy enough to read, etc.
Then I started noticing all the inaccuracies, between the campground map, Trapper's Trail Map, and reality.
That trail DOES show up on the pdf of the Trapper’s Trail map... but not the small version of that map that’s inset on the printed version of the campground map. It is, however, on the inset in the PDF version of the same map.
There’s also some weirdness around the Trapper’s trail area near site #79. It shows a single trail from the campground, with a portage about 50 metres in, as a direct line between the two lakes.
In reality, the portage to Panagapka Lake is there, while the other side of it is actually a second trail leading out from the parking lot.
There’s a lot of little annoyances like that. You’ll more or less figure out where you’re going, but it’s sloppy.
Signage
The signage throughout the park is kind of frustrating.
The main directional signage was featured in two places - one across from the trailer fill station, and one right past there, going into the park office area.
Both of these were... chaotic. You kind of have to pull over, stop, and LOOK at it, to figure out what you’re looking at, and where you’ll need to go. Just really visually confusing.
The campground signage isn’t as chaotic, but it’s not great. Turn offs to the campground sections are only marked from one direction, on the main road.
In some spots there are arrows at intersections that don’t make it clear that the roads turning ONTO that road are what are one way, not the road being turned onto.
There are also a fair number of side roads and offshoots that aren’t shown on the map, so you can’t use roads as waypoints.
The Prospector Trail has almost no signage whatsoever, which made it hard to find - and then stay on - the trail. It stops in one spot, starts over across a lot and down a bit, etc.
Also: That trail has a lot of old equipment on display - I’m assuming prospector equipment, given the trail name. It would have been nice to have some educational signage to give some history or context to what we were looking at, along the way.
Waste & Water Services
The park has a single Trailer Sanitation Station and a single Trailer Fill Station, and they’re separate from each other.
The dump platform / poop loop is located on your way into the park, before you reach the gatehouse. When coming IN, it’s a half loop on the left side of the road, and it’s marked properly - you’d take the first opening to that half loop.
It’s a single lane with no bypass lane, and the dump platform is located on the driver’s side, when entering the loop as marked from that direction.
On the way out of the park, though, BOTH openings to the loop are marked as entrances. With no bypass lane, this could end up problematic!
So, on your way out of the park, skip that first access to the loop, and take the second one.
In terms of the fill platform, that’s a half loop pull off on the right side of the road, shortly after you pass the gatehouse on the way in.
There’s an extra long hose on it, which is threaded. On one hand, the extra long hose is convenient in that it’ll reach wherever you need it to, when filling.
On the other, it’s kind of gross because you KNOW people are leaving it on the ground.
Connectivity
Don’t expect to have any cell reception or wifi during your stay at Esker Lakes Provincial Park, or anywhere near by.
We lost cell signal probably half an hour north of the park, and didn’t have any until we drove 25 minutes southwest to Kirkland Lake.
The park’s handout map says that you can sometimes get some signal near the Park Office building (this is near the day use area, and where the laundry facilities are), or sometimes at the gatehouse.
We weren’t able to in either spot - we’re on Rogers Wireless.
Accessibility
TL;DR Esker Lakes Provincial Park is not a wheelchair friendly park at all.
The park’s site mentions a barrier-free campsite and two barrier-free comfort stations. There are actually 2 of the barrier-free campsites : One is in the non-electrical area (#73), and the other is in the electrical area (#43).
When we were driving around to scope the park out, I was still under the impression that there was ONE - and we came upon #73 first.
This site is decent enough, but is next to *and uphill from* what is probably the worst comfort station I have ever seen. I mean even beyond it not being at all wheelchair accessible, contrary to what the website says. I’ll get to that in a bit though.
We did happen across the second site, which is a bigger, much nicer site... and directly across the road from a much more accessible comfort station. This one has separate barrier-free shower and washroom stalls.
The barrier-free shower does not have a hand held showerhead, though - I think that’s the first time I’ve seen that to be the case.
None of the vault toilets appeared to be accessible, so that one comfort station is your only real option, if you don’t have an RV.
Beyond that, there’s not much you can DO at the park, as a wheelchair user.
The site mentions the picnic shelter being barrier-free... but the path down to it is definitely NOT barrier-free.
None of the trails are barrier-free, and the beaches (if they weren’t flooded) both require going down rough hills to get to them. The day use beach in particular requires a STEEP descent to access it.
There is a really old beach wheelchair available, though. It was chained up at the campground beach, and had definitely seen better days.
If you’re like me - mobility issues but not a wheelchair user - the park is decent. They actually have a few trails that are relatively “easy”, which is nice.
Top Row: Barrier Free Site and Comfort Station (Electric)
Pets
Esker Lakes Provincial Park has a dog beach... sort of.
It WAS beach, but it looked to have suffered some pretty major flooding, and was completely under water at the time of our visit. I mean, to the point where the trail down to the dog beach was submerged at the bottom of the hill.
That said I’m sure your dog would love to run and play in the somewhat marshy area that’s currently overtop of the dog beach.
Anyway, beyond that, all of the usual park rules apply - dogs need to be leashed and attended at all times, not allowed to harass people, other animals, or vegetation, and they need to be picked up after.
Parking
Generally speaking, you’re not going to have trouble parking where you need to, at Esker Lakes Provincial Park.
All of the major destinations have a decent sized parking lot, and many of the parking lots are way bigger than I could ever imagine them actually needing to be.
The parking lots near the day use area / Park Office have an annoying and frustrating layout (without much in the way of signage), but that’s about it. Everything else is straightforward.
Miscellaneous
Esker Lakes Provincial Park is quite far north, and in an area of very low light pollution. That makes it an excellent place for night sky viewing and star gazing, in general.
To the best of our knowledge, there was no Aurora Borealis activity during our stay (we had no cell reception to check the forecasts, and we’re too old and tired to stay up “just in case”!).
Had there been then possibility of activity, there are a few places we would have considered viewing them from, based on the conditions.
There’s a north facing lookout platform on the back end of the Lonesome Bog Trail, with nothing directly north of it.
Then, there’s a portage from Panagapka Lake to Lallan Lake, opening out onto the south side of Lallan Lake. This is that second, unmarked trail leading our from the parking lot next to site #79 - it’s about 100 metres to the overlook. There are some steep stairs down to the lake, but they end RIGHT at the water... so you’d be best off photographing from the top of the stairs.
Beyond that, the canoe launching area near the group camp site on Lallan Lake could have been a good possibility. It’s not directly facing north, but it’s pretty open up there in general, with no lights to the north.
The day use area beach could have been a possibility - though with the potential for camping lights to the north - but it was too flooded to consider.
If you’re interested in possibly seeing the northern lights, check out our posts: Aurora Hunting, How to Photograph the Northern Lights, Can I See the Northern Lights Tonight?, and Where to See Northern Lights in Ontario.
Right: The Trapper's Trail Portage
Campground Amenities & Info
Here’s some basic information about the amenities at Esker Lakes Provincial Park.
Creature Comforts
There are two comfort stations at Esker Lakes Provincial Park - one in the electrical section in the south half of the campground, and the other in the non-electrical.
Both comfort stations are in pretty bad condition. The comfort station in the electrical section could stand to see some renovations, while the one in the non-electrical section could really do with being bulldozed and completely replaced.
To be clear, that non-electrical section comfort station is probably the worst one I’ve seen in any park, ever. I mentally questioned when my last tetanus shot was, just after opening the door to the washroom/shower area.
Oof.
Anyway, both comfort stations have flush toilets, hot water, and showers. There are also a few vault toilets throughout the campground and day use areas.
Right Column: Electric Section Comfort Station
Laundry
Usually I cover the laundry facilities in the comfort station, as that’s where they’re usually located. That’s not the case in Esker Lakes Provincial Park.
The laundry is located in the basement of the park office building, which is in a weird little mess of roads and parking lots near the day use area.
You have to go around the back of the building and down to the back door to get to the laundry room, and it’s not marked really well - one small sign.
Park Store
There’s a fairly big campground store located inside the gatehouse.
It’s all really nicely displayed, with a fair number of items - Books, camping supplies, clothing, firewood, ice cream, snacks, souvenirs, etc.
There’s also a shelf of books that looked to be basically a little free library concept - there’s also a Little Free Library next to the comfort station in the electrical section, BTW.
Visitor Centre
The visitor center was closed during our stay, despite the fact that we visited at the end of August, during one of the busiest weekends of the year.
It was actually noted as being closed in the park alerts section of the website, so I’m assuming this is a long term issue.
The area of the visitor centre was cute, though. Lots of picnic tables, access to the Prospector Trail, and a couple signs with information on identifying birds and other local wildlife.
Day Use Area
The day use area is located near the front of the park, but it - like a lot of other things in the park - had definitely seen better days.
The beach was completely flooded, which also cut off some trail access to the area.
Maybe it’s a nicer place to visit when not flooded, but it was definitely not somewhere I’d see as a destination at the time of our stay.
As a note, the website says that the picnic shelter is barrier free, and it might be... but the path down TO it is definitely not. Very steep, rough, and narrow trail.
Finally, there’s a super cute baseball field next to the water fill station, near the front of the park.
Rentals
The park has a pretty robust selection of rentals to choose from, many of which could be seen on display at the beach in the camping section of the park. (North side of Panagapka Lake).
There were canoes, kayaks, stand up paddle boards, and even a few paddle boats down there.
In addition to the rentals, the park is involved with the Tackleshare program, and keeps some fishing rods and tackle on hand to loan out.
Kayak rentals and such are handled out of the gatehouse.
Campsite Details
There are a few ways you can camp at Esker Lakes Provincial Park: Car camping, group camping, and backcountry camping.
Car Camping
There are around 100 campsites at Esker Lakes Provincial Park, and about ⅔ of them are electrical. Each have a fire pit and at least one picnic table.
A fair number of occupied sites at the time of our visit seemed to be seasonal campers, but the map didn’t differentiate seasonal sites, if that was the case.
Anyway, it’s a pretty beautiful campground, especially the sites in the #49-54 area.
The northernmost loop of non-electrical sites (88-102) all seemed to be pull-through style half loops, with a fair amount more privacy than the rest of the campground.
The odd numbers from 79-87 mostly all have some amount of water view overlooking Panagapka Lake.
Shockingly, it didn’t FEEL like there was a ton of traffic passing by, so the location didn’t end up bothering us. It was a nice big site.
Group Camping
So, a bit of weirdness about the group camping situation. The park’s site mentions there being 3 group campsites - and there are 3 on the map... but one doesn’t seem to be a group site.
Site # 104 is marked as being a group site, but it’s tiny - there was a single family camping there at the time of our stay.
As for the other two sites...
#402 is SUPER cute! The campsite has a view over Lallan Lake from the main area, then also has a little private trail down to the water’s edge. It looks to be a good spot to put in a canoe, and the whole area is just really nice.
It would definitely make a peaceful retreat for a smallish group!
It’s a pretty basic campsite, but it’s right on the side of the road at the entrance to the camping area - so everyone going in and out, will be going right past your site.
Backcountry Camping
There are either 2 or 3 backcountry campsites available at Esker Lakes Provincial Park, depending on whether you’re looking at the park’s website description, or the symbols on the map.
Either way, these back country campsites are located on Lulu Lake.
There’s no posted information about exactly how far that hike is, but it looks to be about 6 km on a moderate trail to get to the first site/sites, then the other one is canoe-in from there.
Alternately, it looks like you could canoe in most of the way - put in at Lallan Lake, portage to Ramey Lake (291 m) and Gourlay Lake (722 m), then one final 100 m portage to Lulu Lake.
If you’re looking for a more meandering path, there are a few ways you could get there - see the Trapper's Trail Map for more info.
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Entertainment and Activity
For a relatively small park, there’s a really wide range of outdoor recreation opportunities you can participate in.
Here’s what you need to know about those recreational activities:
Hiking
There are 4 named trails in the park, all of which are great for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts.
Porter did all of the trails (well, part of Trapper’s Trail, and all of the rest of them), while I only did the Lonesome Bog Trail... So, I’ll let him describe all of the trails for you:
Lonesome Bog Trail - 1.5 km, Easy
“The park says this trail is 1.5 km, it was actually slightly over a 2 km loop, from the entrance at the parking lot, all the way back to the parking lot.
Anyway, if you're only going to do one trail at Esker Lakes Provincial Park, it should be the Lonesome Bog Trail.
It offers varying scenery as you start through the boreal forest at a lake, moving past a marshy area, across a boardwalk through a bog, and back to forest views through a sea of blueberry plants following along the lake.
Along the way there are educational signs about the area, which are very interesting to read.
We learned all about how the various types of trees - Jack Pine, Black Spruce, White Birch, and more - affected the environment, etc. It used to be a logging area, so there was some history about that, too.
Overall I rate this as easy to moderate, with mostly gentle elevation changes, some slightly rough footing and narrow trail.
The exception is a section near the beginning of the trail that I would call moderate.
It's a somewhat steep hill that is rather long, rough with tree roots. There are also a few sections that are muddy, but they're only a few meters long each and generally have a stable path using fallen logs and tree roots.
The bog area was our favorite, with vegetation so lush that seemed almost tropical. We even saw a few of the carnivorous plants that were mentioned in signage.”
Prospector’s Trail - 1.4 km, Easy
“This is a bit of a weird trail. It cuts across the park but there's no trailhead or any signs at all labeling the route, nor any trailblazes.
Much of the trail is easy to moderate with some narrow sections with slightly rough footing. A good portion of the trail is easy, very wide and flat. The areas that have inclines are pretty gentle, and steep or rough sections are very short.
Near the fish cleaning station there are some ... artifacts?
An old mining cart, an earth or rock-boring drill bit, and what I think is a water pump. I love seeing historical items, especially machinery, but there are no signs at the items to describe their use or history.
Further down the trail is a brick and cast iron outdoor stove, which again has no sign and seems very odd on the trail.
The trail is supposed to lead to the beach at one end, but the lake level is high and the trail stops abruptly. A side branch has been created which is a steep climb leading to the back side of the picnic shelter.
Overall I walked 1.9km doing a there-and-back-again route.
This might make a good trail to get to a different destination of the park, and offers some lovely water views, but as a hiking trail it's not a must-do.”
Recreation Trail - 1.5 km, Easy
“This trail is very convenient to many of the campsites, but doesn't offer a specific destination or feature. It's a lovely walk through the woods with easy to moderate difficulty.
The trail is narrow and a little rough with roots, but the slopes are gentle. I measured the loop at 1.4km on my walk.
The forest views change a bit, with some sections of older pines, sections of Aspen, and other sections with smaller trees and ferns across the forest floor.”
Trapper’s Trail - 9 km, Moderate
This trail is named for the old trapper's cabin that’s located somewhere along the trails - but apparently that particular area is currently inaccessible. Anyway, here’s what Porter had to say about it:
“I didn't even realize I was doing this trail when I set off the first time, I saw an unlabelled trail near site 24 and went to explore.
We referred to it as “the dog walking trail”, as the only signage at the access point was a dog on a leash.
At that point, it's an easy, wide path with gently slopes. The path has two ruts, it looked to be a maintenance road. I later learned it is a fire road for this section of the trail.
About 1.3km in, the wide path continues but there's a branch off to a true hiking trail, still unlabelled but there are trail blazes.
I figured it might be a short branch to nearby Boy Lake, but I later learned this is Trapper's Trail. It does offer some views of Boy Lake, but does not go to the shore line.
As it continued on my mapping software showed it was arcing toward the campground, so I decided to continue. The trail is narrow, easy to moderate difficulty with somewhat rough footing.
It connects to the campground trail and I continued back to where I started in a 3.3km loop.”
The difficulty is just like all the other trails, easy to moderate with some sections that are narrow with rough footing. Some short sections are pretty steep close to the shoreline, if you check out the portage legs like I did.
There's a section of trail where the map says it's closed shortly after the branch. It wasn’t closed in reality, though - at least it wasn’t marked as such, so that may have been old information. I went a ways into it, curious to see if/why it was closed.
I figured it was another area where the water level swamped the trail, but that's not the case as the trail is quite elevated from the water level at this point.
I followed it in a couple hundred meters and didn't see why it was closed. It was cut nice and wide, easy to navigate - must have been old info.
The map indicated this leg as 0.3km, but I mapped it at 0.5km. From Hazel Lake water's edge directly back to the parking lot was 1.35km.
We didn’t have time to explore more of the trail, but it could have been fun to have seen more of the lakes along that path.”
Biking
There aren’t any dedicated trails for cycling on at Esker Lakes Provincial Park, but campers are welcome to bike on the park roads.
They are (for the most park) in decent to good shape for cycling on, and those with mountain bikes would not have any issues on ANY of the roads.
Swimming
In theory, the park has two sandy beaches for swimming. This... was not exactly the case when we visited.
The main day use area beach was completely flooded, right up to the access paths. We could see across to where the actual beach was, and initially couldn’t see a way access it without wading through swampy water.
On a second visit - for birding - we noticed a trail off to the left. That allowed us to get to the small beach, but it didn’t make it any more attractive of a swimming option - probably nicer for those looking to let their dogs swim, though.
This one was also flooded and swampy, and the playground there was also flooded out and closed.
In both cases, this beach flooding looked to be a long term issue, rather than just a temporary thing after heavy rain.
Birding, Wildlife, and Nature
As has been the case lately, we didn’t see much in the way of ground-based wildlife during our stay.
Mostly chipmunks and squirrels, though something big DID run off into the woods as Porter was hiking at some point - could have been a black bear.
In terms of birds, there were a TON of Northern Flickers along the highway leading up to the entrance to the park - we saw dozens!
In the park itself, we saw and/or heard:
American Crow, American Robin, Belted Kingfisher, Black-and-White Warbler, Black-Capped Chickadee, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-Throated Blue Warbler, Blue Jay, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Loon, Common Raven, Golden–Crowned Kinglet, Greater Yellowlegs, Mallard, Northern Flicker, Northern House Wren, Pine Siskin, Red-Eyed Vireo, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-Throated Sparrow, Yellow-Rumped Warbler.
Row 2: Brown Creeper, Common Loon, Fritillary Butterfly
Row 3: Greater Yellowlegs, Hooded Merganser, Lincoln's Sparrow
Row 4: Mallard Duck, Northern Flicker, Ring-Necked Duck
Row 5: Ruffed Grouse, Song Sparrow, Swainson's Thrush
Row 6: Swamp Sparrow, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Yellow-Rumped Warbler
In terms of flora, there were a fair number of wildflowers, but they definitely seemed to be past their peak.
The gorgeous boreal vegetation was the highlight for us, and we did see a fair number of different types of fungi along the trails.
Boating
There are 29 beautiful lake throughout Esker Lakes Provincial Park.
Per the Trapper's Trail Map, they are:
Bea Lake, Campbell Lake, Gaf Lake, Gourlay Lake, Grover Lake, Hazel Lake, Laf Lake, Lallan Lake, Lavery Lake, Little Boy Lake, Little Esker Lake, Lulu Lake, Mall Lake, Old Man Lake, Pall Lake, Panagapka Lake, Ramey Lake, Roach Lake, Sausage Lake, Seahorse Lake, Stever Lake, Thrasher Lake, Tuke Lake, and Vannier Lake.
... which is 24. I see 4 other unnamed, small lakes... not sure where the 29th is!
Anyway, motor boats aren’t allowed on the park’s lakes, but you can put in a canoe pretty easily in a few locations - there’s a boat launch / canoe launch down a short road from the Park Office, and a canoe launching area near the camping beach on the north side of Panagapka Lake.
There’s also a canoe launching area near the group sites, at the north side of the park.
From there, you can explore the park’s pristine lakes via a bunch of different canoe routes, all involving short portages.
Fishing
If you have your fishing license - and a decent working knowledge of the Ontario Fishing Regulations - Esker Lakes Provincial Park sounds like a great place to fish!
It sounds like most of those 29 lakes are stocked with various types of trout - Brook Trout, Lake Trout, and Rainbow Trout.
Beyond that, some of the lakes also have Northern Pike, and Yellow Perch in them - no word on which lakes those are, though!
Anyway, there’s a small, covered fish cleaning table located on the southeast side of Panagapka Lake, down a road from the Park Office/Laundry. It has a tap - and that’s it - but it was out of order at the time of our visit.
Also, Esker Lakes Provincial Park participates in the Tackleshare Program, so there are fishing rods and tackle available to borrow, free of charge.
Discovery Program
Like many parks, Esker Lakes Provincial Park runs a Discovery Program during the summer months.
We were surprised at how many programs were scheduled during our stay! Aquatic life, insects, trees, watercolour painting, and a guided hike were all on the schedule.
Also of note: The last few parks we’ve been to only had Discovery Programming on the weekends, but Esker Lakes Provincial Park had it on the Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
It was nice to see some programming was available to those who prefer weekday camping trips!
Niantic Games
We didn’t have enough cell reception to even load Pokemon Go during our stay - definitely a shame, as those in-game trail maps would have come in handy a few times!
We happened to be staying during a community day event, so we drove into Kirkland Lake for some game play and basic internet time (checking the weather forecast, etc).
Final Thoughts
Overall, Esker Lakes Provincial Park isn’t making the list of our favourite campgrounds.
The natural areas are beautiful, the trails are nice - and it’s great to be able to actually DO trails, for the first time in a while!
That said, the park facilities and amenities are in pretty bad condition, overall.
The directional signage was frustrating, the comfort stations could stand to have been replaced decades ago, the visitor center was inexplicably closed on the biggest summer weekend, the beaches were non functional, etc.
Any one of these, on their own, wouldn’t be a big deal... but it felt like every corner we turned, something else was in bad condition, closed, under repair, under water, etc.
It was just a weird vibe. Ontario Parks could definitely do to throw some time and money into this park, because it COULD be a great one!
As it is, it just doesn’t seem worth the extra drive out of the way, especially with how nice some of the other parks in the area are.
More Northern Ontario Provincial Parks & Places to See
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Rene Brunelle Provincial Park
Rushing River Provincial Park
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Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
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Amethyst Mine Panorama
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Kakabeka Falls
Mink Creek Falls
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Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park
Potholes Provincial Park
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Sand River Falls
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Terrace Bay Beach
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